Leon B. Postigo, officially the Municipality of Leon B. Postigo (; Subanen: Benwa Leon B. Postigo; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Leon B. Postigo; ), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 29,535 people.

History

In the early 1980s, the councils of six barangays, along with residents of Maras, in the then southern Sindangan demanded for a new municipality, which was originally proposed to be called Talinga, with the barangay with the same name, located 11 kilometers from Poblacion, to be the seat of government. The proposed municipality was to intervene the distance of Sindangan and Salug from each other, which were about 40 kilometers.

Then assemblyman Guardson R. Lood sponsored Parliamentary Bill No. 300, which was also co-authored by eight other assemblymen. A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-created local entities including nearby Godod, was held on May 17, coinciding with the barangay elections.

It was renamed to its current name by virtue of Republic Act No. 6830 on December 30, 1989, in honor of Leon Bayot Postigo, a Philippine Constabulary corporal whose 10-hectare lot in the town was donated by his heirs to the local government.

Geography

Barangays

Leon B. Postigo is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Bacungan (Poblacion)
  • Bogabongan
  • Delusom
  • Mangop
  • Manil
  • Mawal
  • Midatag
  • Morob
  • Nasibac
  • Palandok
  • Santa Maria
  • Sipacong
  • Talinga
  • Tinaplan
  • Tiniguiban
  • Tinuyop
  • Tiogan
  • Titik

Climate

Demographics

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Population by Barangay

! Barangay !! Population

|-

| Bacungan (Poblacion) || 4,946

|-

| Bogabongan || 2,000

|-

| Delusom || 1,628

|-

| Mangop || 929

|-

| Manil || 2,020

|-

| Mawal || 759

|-

| Midatag || 794

|-

| Nasibac || 1,802

|-

| Rizon || 2,645

|-

| Sipacong || 1,287

|-

| Santa Maria || 1,456

|-

| Talinga || 2,482

|-

| Tinaplan || 624

|-

| Tiniguiban || 1,378

|-

| Tinuyop || 1,235

|-

| Tiogan || 1,077

|-

| Titik || 1,538

|-

| Morob || 935

|-

! Total !! 29,535

|-

| colspan="2" style="font-size: 85%;" | Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

|}

Economy

See also

  • List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

  • Leon B. Postigo Profile at PhilAtlas.com
  • Official website
  • [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • Philippine Census Information